Hose-coupling.



NO MODEL.

E i fi z f 17;. 742,655. Patented October 27, 1903.

UNITED STATES PATENT" ()FFICE.

JOHN HOMOLA, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

HOSE-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Batent No. 742,655, dated October 27, 1903. Application filed June 20, 1903- 7 Serial No. 162,324. (No model.)

To all whom it may conicernl; extensions 9, andiupon the enlarged collar 5 Be itknown thatI, JHN H0M0LA, a citizen I provide the flattened surfaces 11, upon of the United Statesof America, residing at which is mounted by a pin 12 the yoke 14. 55

Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and This yoke comprises the arms 15, which as State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain heretofore stated are pivoted to the enlarged new and useful Improvements in Hose-Coupcollar 5, and formed integral with the outer lings, of which the followingisaspecification, end of the arm is a semicircular portion 15, reference being had therein to the accomwhich is adapted to span the male member 2 6o panying drawings. 1 when the two sections are secured together.

:0 This invention relates to certain new and This yoke 14. has its lower edge, preferably useful improvements in hose-couplers, and near its end, cut away, as indicated at 17, has for its object the provision of novelmeans' forming a slot, the object of which will be whereby two sections ofhose maybe quickly, hereinafter described. This yoke 14 has 65 easily, and efiectually coupled together. formed integral with the portion 16 the op- Another object'of my inventionjis to proerating-lever 18, whereby the yoke may be vide a hose-coupler which will be extremely readily raised or lowered, as it is desired.

simple in construction, strong'anddurable, The male member 2 comprises a tubular comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, portion 19, having an aperture 20 formed cen- 7c and highly efficient when used. trally of its length, and when the two mem- 2o Briefly described, my improved hose-coupbers are secured together this aperture is ler comprises two members, the one'member adapted to register with aperture 4 of the of which is adapted to be secured within the female member 1. The tubular extension 19 other member, means being provided on said carries the enlarged collars 21 and 22, the member whereby the two sections may be enlarged collar 22 being cut away upon its 2 5 readilylocked together, and means being proend, as indicated at 23, forming an annular vided upon said sections whereby it will be portion 24., which is adapted to be seated impossible for one member to rotate indewithin the annular recess 7 of the female pendently of the other or become disengaged member 1. The enlarged collar 22 carries when they havebeen once looked together. the flattened surfaces .25, and in these sur- 0 In describing the invention in detail, refaces or sides of the enlarged collar 2 are seerence is had to theaccompanying drawings, cured by any desired means the pins 26, forming a part of this specification, and which when the two members are secured towherein like numerals of reference indicate gether are adapted to be engaged in the slots like parts throughout the several views, in 10, formed in the extending flanges 9 of the 35 which- I f female portion 1. When the pins 26 have Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved been so engaged, the yoke 14. is-adapted to hose-coupler. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal secbe lowered, whereby the slots 17 will engage tional view thereof. 'Fig. 3 is an end view of the pins 26 and hold the sections in a locked one of the sections, and Fig. 4 is an end view position. 0 of the other section. It will be noted that by the construction To put my invention into practice, I proof the flattened surfaces upon the enlarged vide a hose-coupler comprising two sections, collar 22 and the flattened surfaces 27 of the a female member 1 and a male member 2, the extending flanges 9 it will be impossible for 5 female member of which comprises atubular either one of the members comprising the 45 portion 3,'having an aperture 1 formed lonhose-coupling to be rotated independently of gitudinally of its length, and upon said porthe other, and it will also be seenthat by the tion are formed the enlarged collars 5 and 6, inclined surface 2 8,'formed on one side of the and in the end of this section 1 is formed the slot 17, the two sections may be readily forced 10o annular recess 7, in which is mounted the together andacomplete andwater-tightcoup- 5o gasket 8. The enlarged collar 6 carries the ling provided. outwardly-extending flanges 9, having slots It will be obvious that various changes 10 formed in their ends and centrally of the may be made in the details of construction without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters 7 Patent, is-

In a hose-coupling the combination with a female member,enlarged collars formed thereon, one of said collars being larger than the other and having'fiat surfaces thereon, the other of said collars being reduced, integral outwardly-extending flanges formed on said reduced collar at opposite sides thereof and being provided with longitudinal slots therein, a male member provided with collars corresponding with those of the female member, the reduced collar of said male member having a cut-away portion adapted to seat in the reduced collar of the female section, outwardly-extending pins mountedin said male member upon the reduced collar thereof, said 20 pins adapted to engage in the slots of the flanges carried by the female member, and a locking means pivotally mounted upon the flattened surface of the larger collar of the female member, said locking means compris- 25 ing outwardly-extending arms supporting a semicircular portion thereon, said portion being adapted to engage with the pins of the male section, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 30 in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN HOMOLA.

Witnesses:

H. C. EVERT, E. E. POTTER. 

